CL_HUM 1060 Lecture 5: Aphrodite
9 Feb 2017
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The birth of aphrodite: sprung from foam (aphros) around ouranos"s severed genitals, alternate tradition: daughter of zeus and dione (a sea goddess) Characteristics: goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, and harmony, artistic representations often emphasize sensual/sexual aspects. Men were typically depicted nude, women were always covered; until the 4th century when aphrodite was depicted nude first monumental statue of nude goddess/woman. The graces; usually three, personifications of female charm and beauty. The erotes (eros: desire); winged male attendants; young (no beard), longer hair; (cupids); personification of love"s swiftness and fleetingness; later myths reduce the erotes to one young son, eros, of. Ares and aphrodite, always young, mischievous, often scolded by mother. The power of aphrodite: sophocles: in her is everything active (energetic, excitable), everything serene (calm), everything that leads to violence. She sinks deeps into the hearts of everything that lives : power over not just humans, but gods, even zeus.
